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Dams and damages -Kavita Upadhyay

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published Published on Feb 10, 2021   modified Modified on Feb 10, 2021

-The Hindu

The Uttarakhand government continues to ignore evidence that hydropower projects in the fragile region exacerbate disasters

In 2018, while travelling through the villages near the India-China border in Niti Valley in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, I stopped at Reni village, the birthplace of the iconic Chipko movement. The way to Reni was dotted with hydropower projects that were marred by controversy. The villagers complained about the rampant flouting of norms by the hydropower developers, which forced them to protest against such projects.

Flouting all norms

On February 7, two such hydropower projects located close to Reni suffered damages from flash floods that left more than 30 dead and more than 175 people missing. The barrages of the 13.2 MW Rishiganga hydropower project, which is located on the river Rishiganga, only a few metres from Reni, and NTPC’s 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project, on the River Dhauliganga, about 4 km from Reni, were completely damaged. It is important to note here though that dams are not victims of disasters; they, in fact, exacerbate disasters.

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The Hindu, 10 February, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/dams-and-damages/article33795426.ece?homepage=true&fbclid=IwAR1DtKRA2Twgvp9jir6sVdc4VBikNaJw8pEaPY7k8GueAxCEHWrXLoo2jKU


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